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Be it known that I, MARY E. J. MARR, of Jefferson, in the parish of Jeiierson, and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ohurn-Dashers; and I do hereby declare the followng to be a full,l clear, and exact description of th-e same, reference being had to thev annexed drawing, making a My invention has for its object the accomplishment of several important economic results, among the more prominent of which it will be snfticient to indicate the following, to wit: To avoid all injuriousietect upon 'the milk or butter, by entirely dispensing with the use of metal in the fabrication ofthe dashcr, and the parts with which it is connected inside the churn; to provide for the easy withdrawal of the dasher from the churn, and for its instant adaptation to and introduction into another, if its use in connection with more than one churn be desirable, by employing with it a removable socket-block, for the loiver end of its axis or spindle, which may l be readily xed at and upon the bottom of any other churn to which it may be, transferred; to have all its parts i so constructed and united as that there shallbe no point, cliink, or place in it that is not easily accessible, and thus to secure a speedy and thorough cleansing of it after each churning; and lastly, to effect a more expeditions production of the butterfwith less labor to the operator, than can be eli'ected With'existng dashers, partly by the substitution of a rotary in lieu oi' a reciprocating up-and-down motion of the dashcr, and partly by the novel construction and arrangement oithe agitating-arms or vanes of the same.

But my invention will be more clearly-and quickly understood by referring`to the-drawing', on vwhich the part marked A represents the axis or spindle of my improvement, and that marked B, the removable block, in

which a socket or seat is sunk, in the centre of its upper side, to receive the pointedloucr extremity of the spindle A. This socket-block is secured in position at and tothe bottom of the churn, by the agency of wooden screws 6, 0r by equivalent wooden pins instead thereof. At right angles to each other, and to the axis of the spindle A, .alternate agitatirig-arms or venes C, whiehare perforated with a greater or-less numberof circular holes, a, are inser-ted through said spindle, one above another, as` shown.

Rotary motion isimparted by means of a crank-,L or, if a very rapid revolution be' deemed expedient, a system of cog-gearing may be readily applied te the spindle, above the top of the churn, to effect such object. It will be perceived that a thorough agitation of the milk, and a consequent complete change ofits condi- `tin, must necessarily result from the revolutionoof my flasher, because the arrangement of the arms er vanes C is such that not a particle of it can escape a positive contact with these arms, and that hencethe effect, to wit, the coming oi' the butter, must be `relatively very 'rapid or quick.-l

It will also be clearly discernible lthat the labor required to operate my improvement is far less than in those churns in which a reciprocating dasher is employed, whatever the constructie-n ofthe same may be. Afterbutter has been madein one churn, my dasher may be transferred to another, in a few seconds oi" time, by

simply withdrawing the screws b, or the Wooden pins that may be used insteado` such screws. I

' I am aware that 'it is not new to revolve churn-dashers, and also that radiating arms have been employed in connection therewith. I do not, therefore, broadly claim such motion -nor such arms; but, having fully described my invention,

WhatI do claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is The combination of Aa revolving flasher, as herein described, consisting of the spindle A and arms G, provided With apertures` or perforaticus a, in combination with the removable socket-block B, flic-n provided with wooden'screws 6, or their equivalents, when each and all the connected parts are of wood, and are'constructed,

arranged, and operate substantially as and for Vthe purposes herein set forth.

. y MARY E. MARR.

Witnesses A. HERO, Jr., G'r. GENAS. 

